Federal Legislation: Lau vs. Nichols (1974)
{"Image DocumentName": "Federal Legislation: Lau vs. Nichols (1974)", "Image ImageDescription": "This was a lawsuit on behalf of Chinese students in San Francisco public schools. The Supreme Court ruled that identical education does not constitute equal education under the Civil Rights Act. There is no equality of treatment merely by providing students with the same facilities, textbooks, teachers, and curriculum; for students who do not understand English are effectively foreclosed from any meaningful education. This lawsuit came about with a mother\u2019s son graduated from high school out in San Francisco, CA. Their family immigrated here from China and when her son graduated she complained that while her son had learned how to speak English, he was never required to learn age-appropriate grade level content. And that the school did him a huge disservice by pushing him through classes without actually making the content comprehensible for him. The school essentially did not have the same standards for him as they did for other English speaking students.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}